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Wednesday, December 14, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
ENROLLMENT:
District still below
projected numbers
ARTISTS:
Submissions
accepted this month
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public school district.
The Sisters School District
had a total of 1,081 students
as of Friday, December
2, according to statistics
released during the board
meeting. That was down 37.5
students from the end of the
2015-16 school year and 28
fewer students than were pro-
jected at the start of this year.
The biggest losses are at
Sisters Elementary School.
That school has 18 fewer stu-
dents than at the end of last
school year and is 27.5 stu-
dents below projections for
this year.
Sisters High School is up
4.5 students from projections,
but still has 23.5 fewer stu-
dents than at the end of last
year. Those losses are pri-
marily at the freshman level.
Sisters Middle School is up
four students from the end of
2015-16 and is five students
below projections for this
year.
Scholl said enrollment has
been boosted by some new
families with children mov-
ing to Sisters, but is tempered
by other families moving out
of town.
The superintendent
recently met with 10 officials
from Economic Development
of Central Oregon to dis-
cuss issues related to school
enrollment and other top-
ics. Scholl said the meeting
wasn’t solely about enroll-
ment, but those who attended
and other fiber art must have
a rod sleeve secured on the
back for hanging. Larger
quilts to be hung on the raf-
ters cannot exceed 84 inches
wide by 75 inches long.
Pottery, sculpture and
jewelry will be displayed in
the locked cases in the lobby.
If the artwork is too large
for the case, it will be dis-
played on a shelf or table in
the library. All artwork must
be identified with labels on
either the back or the bottom
of the piece.
Artists are also asked to
bring a one-page biography
that includes artist’s name,
description of the submit-
ted work, and contact infor-
mation, which will go in a
notebook accompanying the
show. All art pieces submitted
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The Outlaws volleyball team was honored at this month’s school board
meeting, where it was announced that enrollment has crept up.
discussed Sisters’ lack of
housing and industry with an
eye to improving both.
“How do we create a
vibrant community?” Scholl
asked — rhetorically — dur-
ing the board meeting. “We
just have a lack of (housing
and industry) right now.”
On another issue, Scholl
said during the board meeting
that planning for construction
authorized by the District’s
$10 million bond is proceed-
ing as planned. The District’s
Bond Facilities Oversight
Committee has met for the
first time to begin monitoring
bond expenditures.
Scholl said about $1.3
million has been spent, with
upgrades to the Outlaw run-
ning track and new tennis
courts accounting for the
bulk of that. Smaller projects,
such as a new exhaust fan for
the elementary school and
other deferred maintenance
projects, also have been
completed.
An architectural firm has
been hired, and other work
contained in the bond will
begin soon.
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“Now we’re really starting
to get rolling,” Scholl said.
The District wants to keep
citizens fully informed about
each step of construction, and
officials are considering add-
ing a button on the District’s
website that will show a run-
ning tally of how much of the
budgeted amount has been
spent.
Oversight committee
member Jay Wilkins charac-
terized the first meeting as “a
good start to the process.” He
said the group’s challenge is
to provide valuable informa-
tion to the community with-
out overloading people with
details.
“We don’t have to
describe which screw was
used in the door at the ele-
mentary school,” Wilkins
said.
School board chairman
Jeff Smith agreed, saying it’s
difficult to provide just the
right amount of information
without inundating people.
must be approved by the
FOSL Art Committee and
remain for the entire show.
Artists will be asked to sign
the library’s art exhibit agree-
ment and to state the value of
the work for insurance pur-
poses. The Deschutes Public
Library System will insure
the artwork during the period
it is in the library building.
The Friends of the Library
will receive a 10 percent
commission from the artist
for any artwork sold during
the art exhibit, which is a fun-
draiser for FOSL.
The ever-popular pub-
lic reception at the library
is slated for Friday, January
27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.,
with complimentary hors
d’oeuvres and beverages
served. The public will be
able to meet the artists and
vote for the three People’s
Choice Awards, which will
be presented that evening.
Voting for the awards will
take place January 11–27 at
the library.
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